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These eye-popping shots triumphed at the world’s biggest panoramic photo awards

The year’s best panoramic snaps take in epic mountain ranges and eerie cityscapes

Ed Cunningham
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Ed Cunningham
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When it’s done right, there are few things quite as breathtaking as panoramic photography. And no, we’re not talking about that feature on your phone that lets you take ultra-wide photos with squiffy horizons. We’re talking wide-angle pro shots that capture vast scenes, from mountain ranges to cityscapes.

The winners’ gallery of this year’s edition of the Epson International Pano Awards is full of those type of spectacular images. Take the one above, for instance, which was taken by Australian photographer Greg Levin in Turkey. With its ginormous blue sky and dozens of hot air balloon dots, it’s an almost surreally beautiful scene – the stuff of Pixar animations.

The Pano Awards is the world’s largest competition dedicated to panoramic photography. This year was the prize’s thirteenth edition and it received over 4,000 entries from photographers in 98 different countries. You can view the full winners’ gallery here but, in the meantime, below are a few of our favourites.

‘The Vein’ by Jinyi He 

Jinyi He / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Jinyi He / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘The Goddess’ by Krzysztof Baranowski

Krzysztof Baranowski / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Krzysztof Baranowski / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Blood Coast’ by Juan Lopez Ruiz

Juan Lopez Ruiz / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Juan Lopez Ruiz / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Living with a monster’ by Carlos Solinis Camalich

Carlos Solinis Camalich / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com 
Photograph: Carlos Solinis Camalich / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Full Moon Horse Riders’ by David Swindler

David Swindler / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: David Swindler / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Bernese Oberland’ by Judith Kuhn

Judith Kuhn / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Judith Kuhn / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘The dreamy islands’ by Julio Castro Pardo

Julio Castro Pardo / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Julio Castro Pardo / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Milan Cathedral’ by Pietro Madaschi

Pietro Madaschi / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Pietro Madaschi / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Time’ by Torsten Pull

Torsten Pull / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Torsten Pull / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

‘Vancouver Whitecaps’ by Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com
Photograph: Richard Wilson / The 13th Epson International Pano Awards / https://thepanoawards.com

Did you see that these dizzying shots triumphed at the Drone Photo Awards 2022?

Plus: these award-winning photos were all taken on a phone.

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